ILLINOIS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Argosy Gaming Company (NYSE: AGY) today announced results for the three months ended June 30, 2004. Diluted earnings per share ("EPS") were $0.63 on net income of $18.6 million, as compared to EPS of $0.24 on net income of $6.9 million for the second quarter of 2003. Improved performance at the Company's Lawrenceburg and Riverside properties contributed to the year-over-year increase in earnings. Earnings in the second quarter of 2003 were impacted by a $5.9 million charge due to new legislation regarding the calculation of the 2002 increase in Indiana gaming tax rates and a $6.5 million write-down of barge platforms originally intended for use at the Company's Joliet property. The combination of these two items reduced second quarter 2003 EPS by $0.26 per share. Included in the results of the second quarter of 2004 are after-tax expenses of approximately $0.02 per share, associated with the refinancing of the Company's 10 3/4% notes due 2009. Results for the second quarter of 2004 were also positively impacted by approximately $0.05 per share by the recent agreement reached with the City of Lawrenceburg, Indiana to reduce the annual payments to the city in return for additional capital investment at the Company's Lawrenceburg property.
Net revenues for the second quarter of 2004 were $254.6 million, up 2.5% from second quarter 2003 net revenues of $248.3 million. Net revenues at the Company's Riverside property continue to benefit from the opening of the new casino, and were 58.2% higher in the quarter than in the second quarter of 2003. In Illinois, operational actions taken to mitigate the impact of increased gaming and admission taxes caused year-over-year revenues to fall. Net revenues at the Company's Alton property and Joliet property were down 11.9% and 14.0%, respectively in the second quarter of 2004.
The Company reported EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $66.2 million for the second quarter 2004, as compared to $45.5 million for the second quarter 2003. At Argosy Casino Riverside, EBITDA increased from $4.8 million in the second quarter of 2003 to $10.7 million in the second quarter of 2004, or 124%. The EBITDA margin (EBITDA as a percent of Net Revenues) for the Company in the second quarter of 2003 was 18.3%, but was negatively impacted by approximately 5 percentage points due to the Indiana tax charge and write down in Joliet mentioned earlier. Even after giving effect to these items, the EBITDA margin for the second quarter of 2004 improved by approximately 3 percentage points, at 26.0%. The EBITDA margin at every one of the Company's properties was higher in the second quarter of 2004 than in the same quarter of 2003.
Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2004, was $22.5 million ($0.76 EPS) on net revenues of $518.7 million, compared to net income of $21.6 million ($0.74 EPS) on net revenues of $484.7 million for the same period in 2003. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, the Indiana tax rate increase and the asset write-down reduced the EPS by $0.26 per share. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2004, results were positively impacted by the Lawrenceburg agreement by $0.05 per share, but were negatively impacted by $0.52 per share in expenses related to the refinancing of the Company's 10 3/4% notes.
"The year started out with exceptional results. The second quarter results were on track with our expectations of improved year-over-year results," said Richard J. Glasier, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Operationally, Argosy is well situated to grow from a strong base. We're particularly pleased to see the strong return on investment on our project in Riverside, which gives us additional confidence in our announced expansion projects."
Capital spending during the quarter ending June 30, 2004, was approximately $15.2 million, and was primarily maintenance capital, including conversion of the Company's slot machines to Ticket-in, Ticket-out ("TITO") technology. As of the end of the quarter, approximately 90% of the Company's slot machines were TITO-operational. The Company continues to expect to be essentially 100% TITO-operational by the end of the year.
The Company is spending approximately $8 million in project capital to renovate and move the boat formerly used at its Riverside property to Sioux City. The boat is expected to arrive in Sioux City this week, and should be operational at its new location by the end of August. The project includes an increase in the number of slot machines from 482 to 625 and an increase in the number of gaming tables from 14 to 18. The boat will also enhance customer comfort by increasing the square footage of the property's gaming space by approximately 60%.
Construction at the Company's Riverside expansion project, which includes construction of a new state-of-the-art parking garage and the addition of a premier hotel, is expected to commence in early August. When completed, the $75 million project will provide for over a 20% increase in the number of guest parking spaces, with enclosed parking for 1,400, and 250 rooms at a property that currently does not have a hotel.
Argosy is in the process of evaluating several different options for expansion at its Lawrenceburg property, and expects to finalize details on a project during the third quarter. The expansion is expected to include a combination of increased gaming positions, incremental parking and additional hotel rooms. The Company is preliminarily estimating a project cost in the area of $150 million. Argosy expects to recover approximately $50 million of the project cost through credits against future annual development fee payments to the City of Lawrenceburg.
Based on these projects and anticipated maintenance capital expenditures, Argosy believes it will spend approximately $50 million to $60 million on capital in the second half of the year, for a full year total of $95 million to $100 million.
Due to the cash flow from its properties' operating performance, the Company reported that debt was down from $894.6 million as of March 31, 2004, to $847.1 million as of June 30, 2004. Of that amount, $27.6 million was outstanding under the revolving portion of its senior secured credit facility, as compared to $53.1 million at March 31, 2004. The Company recently initiated negotiations to refinance its existing senior secured credit facility, and anticipates closing the transaction before the end of the third quarter. From the initial terms and conditions discussed, Argosy expects to be able to reduce its interest expense on the outstanding balances of the existing facility. In conjunction with the refinancing, the Company expects to write off deferred financing costs associated with the existing facility of approximately $5.4 million, reducing third quarter 2004 EPS by $0.11.
"The strength of the bond and commercial bank markets has given us the chance to both lower our interest costs and gain flexibility for our development plans," said Glasier. "We think there may be some attractive new investment opportunities in the market in the coming quarters, and we look forward to using our strong balance sheet to take advantage of them."
Based on the year-to-date performance and the Company's forecast for the rest of the year, Argosy expects reported full-year 2004 EPS to be in the range of $1.73 - $1.83. Included in this estimate is a $0.09 impact to EPS from the $5 million credit from the City of Lawrenceburg for full-year 2004 and $0.63 in costs associated with refinancing the Company's senior subordinated notes in February and the senior secured credit facility now being negotiated.
Argosy will host a conference call for interested parties on July 29, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. EDT to review its second quarter financial results. The call will be broadcast live via the Internet and may be accessed through our web site at http://www.argosycasinos.com . For those interested in participating in the call, please dial (706) 634-1306 and reference conference ID #8816637 five to ten minutes prior to the call start time. A replay of the call will be made available through August 5, 2004 and can be accessed through our web site at http://www.argosycasinos.com .
Argosy Gaming Company is a leading owner and operator of casinos and related entertainment and hotel facilities in the midwestern and southern United States. Argosy owns and operates the Alton Belle Casino in Alton, Illinois, serving the St. Louis metropolitan market; the Argosy Casino-Riverside in Missouri, serving the greater Kansas City metropolitan market; the Argosy Casino-Baton Rouge in Louisiana; the Argosy Casino-Sioux City in Iowa; the Argosy Casino-Lawrenceburg in Indiana, serving the Cincinnati and Dayton metropolitan markets; and the Empress Casino Joliet in Illinois serving the greater Chicagoland market.


Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2016 May 28;374(2068). pii: 20150233. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0233.
Quantum theory as plausible reasoning applied to data obtained by robust experiments.
De Raedt H1, Katsnelson MI2, Michielsen K3.
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands h.a.de.raedt@rug.nl.
Institute of Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany Department of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
We review recent work that employs the framework of logical inference to establish a bridge between data gathered through experiments and their objective description in terms of human-made concepts. It is shown that logical inference applied to experiments for which the observed events are independent and for which the frequency distribution of these events is robust with respect to small changes of the conditions under which the experiments are carried out yields, without introducing any concept of quantum theory, the quantum theoretical description in terms of the Schrödinger or the Pauli equation, the Stern-Gerlach or Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm experiments. The extraordinary descriptive power of quantum theory then follows from the fact that it is plausible reasoning, that is common sense, applied to reproducible and robust experimental data.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2016 May 28;374(2068):20150233.


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Ones to watch: Long jump's Lucy Hadaway keen to build on England senior title
Alex Seftel | 16/05/2019 04/02/2019 | Feature, Ones to Watch
Lucy Hadaway competing at the British Athletics Championships by MV4R Photography.
Becoming the England long jump champion at the age of 18 wasn't something Lucy Hadaway expected.
But the teenager from York managed a lifetime best of 6.39m to take gold in Manchester last summer, just one of a few things that have given her renewed confidence going into 2019.
Focusing on a single event also seems to be paying dividends. "I used to do combined events but I was getting too many injuries so decided to mainly focus on long jump, with a bit of hurdles and shot put on the side.
"You have seven events to fit into training in a week and I was at college and had school work to do. Since stopping I've only had a few niggles which most athletes are used to getting."
The last two years have also seen an exciting international breakthrough. Lucy picked up silver at the World Schools Championships in France, and bronze at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas in 2017.
The latter came in difficult circumstances, as she explains what happened in the days prior to competing. "I got injured in the warm-up and bruised bones in my ankle and damaged ligaments."
There were fears that having travelled over 4,000 miles, her tournament could have been over before it had started. "I blocked one of my jumps quite badly and my spikes stayed still but my foot kept moving. I ended up on crutches and had to have injections."
"It was constant pain – probably one of those where I should've stopped – but I just thought 'I've come all this way'. It was my one chance to compete at the Commonwealth Youth Games, so I pushed through the pain. I knew that if I got a medal it'd be worth it, even if I'd be out for a few weeks afterwards."
Competing at the tournament also meant experiencing a new culture, not to mention a different climate from the North East! "It was so amazing. The hotel was right on the beach and you could look out onto the sea and when you woke up you could see the sunrise."
Determined to build on the experience, Lucy started 2018 with a flourish, coming third at the British Indoor Championships with a 6.06m jump, just two centimetres behind second-placed Jazmin Sawyers. Not bad for a 17-year-old.
"I was on the podium with Sawyers and KJT (Katarina Johnson-Thompson) and was like 'wow, am I actually with you now?', it was crazy. I've competed with Jazmin twice and she's lovely!"
Another exciting foreign trip followed as Lucy got her first Great Britain vest at the World Under 20 Championships in Finland. "I'd just finished work and missed the (selection) call. I called back straight away and was over the moon as I'd been waiting a while for a GB vest. I didn't get automatic qualifying so it was touch and go whether I'd be selected."
Once there, Lucy says "it was really exciting meeting everyone and you realised it was a really high level competition. I came in ranked 12th and came out 6th. I went away thinking I could've jumped further, but on review I had done quite well to be six places higher."
Two weeks later came her triumph at the England Athletics Senior Championships in Manchester (below). "It was really surprising to have won."
"Jumpers always say 'I can feel a bigger jump in me', and my coach (Matt Barton) always says there is a big one coming! Elements have often been against me – either a headwind or pouring rain like in Finland – but there was a nice breeze this time and it all came together with my technique."
While it can be made to look simple on TV, the discipline can be tough to get spot on, and fine margins can make all the difference. Lucy was beaten by just one centimetre by Jade O'Dowda at the England Under 20 Championships last year, and she herself was three ahead of Holly Mills.
Super happy with jumps today finally got a pb of 6.39 legal and winning the senior comp @englandathletics
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A similar scenario at the indoor equivalent saw the leading trio – including Hadaway and Mills – separated by 2cm going into the last round.
She admits it comes part and parcel with the event. "You get a bit used to it, though it is heartbreaking. I was so close, I'd never got first place at an age group champs before and it was going well and then I thought 'oh no' as Jade went and jumped 1cm further."
"I try and focus on my own performance. If other girls' PBs are further, I've just got to jump as well as I can and it makes me want it more."
Keen for redemption, Lucy is also buoyed by the prospect of representing Great Britain again this year. "The goals for 2019 would be to make the European Juniors and hopefully to come away with a medal.
"In terms of jumping distances wise, I'll be aiming for around 6.50m. As it's my last year as an under 20, I also want my first age group gold medal.
Training seems to be going well and Lucy is excited about taking the next steps, while sticking with the plan that's worked for her so far. "Staying at home with my coach is important. I have to go up to Leeds for training but it's worth it!
"I'm on a year out at the moment, but I've been accepted at York St John (University) for next year and I'll also be going to Africa to volunteer for an animal conservation charity.
Lucy's already mentioned that she enjoys the travel aspect of athletics…fortunately she does an event that has a runway, take-off and landing!
Alex Seftel
First published on: 4 February, 2019 4:00 pm

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Federal Court Strikes Down Yet Another Restrictive Anti-Choice Law
Callie Beusman
More bad news for tricksy anti-abortion lawmakers: today, a federal court ruled unconstitutional an Alabama law that would require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Had the law gone into effect, all but two abortion clinics in the state would have been forced to close.
The law was adopted by the Alabama legislature in 2013, but its implementation was blocked after reproductive rights groups challenged its constitutionality. It's a typical — and typically malignant — Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) law: nominally introduced to protect women, such legislation is actually meant to over-regulate clinics out of existence. TRAP laws protect unborn fetuses at the cost of female reproductive autonomy as well as women's access to safe and legal abortions, all under the flimsy guise of keeping women safe. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists opposes such measures, but who cares what they say! Real Friends Of Women don't need to concern themselves with the opinions of women's health experts, because fetuses and also God.
New Alabama Law Could Close Every Abortion Clinic in the State
Today, Alabama governor Robert Bentley signed HB 57, a Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers…
In his ruling striking down the law, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson wrote:
The evidence compellingly demonstrates that the requirement would have the striking result of closing three of Alabama's five abortion clinics, clinics which perform only early abortions, long before viability. Indeed, the court is convinced that, if this requirement would not, in the face of all the evidence in the record, constitute an impermissible undue burden, then almost no regulation, short of those imposing an outright prohibition on abortion, would.
In other words: your bullshit anti-abortion agenda is very obvious and the right to choose is guaranteed to women by the law; sorry.
Hearteningly(ish), this ruling comes after federal judges struck down a similar measure in Mississippi that would have closed the last remaining clinic in the state. As restrictions on clinics continue to threaten abortion access across the South, one can only hope that judges continue to block conservatives' obvious ploys to sneaky-regulate women's abortion access into oblivion. However, as Robin Marty points out at Talking Points Memo, the judges in the Mississippi case never "explicitly [said] whether closing most of the clinics in a state is still allowable" — which is, obviously, "a concern" for the other cases making their way through the court system.
Good News: Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Can Remain Open
The fate of Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic has been very tenuous for the past two…
The important question here is: at what point does a burden become undue? When all of a state's clinics would be forced to close, as was the case in Mississippi? When over half of its clinics would shut down, like in Alabama? Managing to keep a few struggling clinics open in the face of anti-choice garbage laws is far from a complete victory over insidious anti-choice tactics, although it's definitely an encouraging step in the right direction.
So, do these rulings bode well for other TRAP-afflicted states? Um, well, we'll see later this week — right now, abortion provides in Texas are challenging a particularly restrictive provision of the state's ridiculously severe abortion law. The provision, which unnecessarily mandates that all abortion clinics must qualify as "ambulatory surgical centers," is supposed to go into effect on September 1. If it does, it will force all but seven abortion providers in the state to close. (A little over a year ago, for comparison's sake, there were forty-one providers operating in Texas.)
Will the federal court recognize the obvious unconstitutionality inherent in hundreds of thousands of reproductive-aged women living over 200 miles from an abortion facility? Or will lawmakers continue to say that women can just drive fast if they want to shave time off the six-hour round trip that some must take — twice, due to the mandatory in-person counseling and 24-hour waiting period — in order to terminate an unwanted pregnancy in Texas?
Hopefully, Mississippi and Alabama are a sign of better (or at least less-terrible) things to come. Hopefully.
Image of Reproductive Health Services, the only abortion clinic in remaining in Montgomery, via AP.


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package com.jivesoftware.os.aquarium;

/**
 *
 */
public class Waterline {

    public static final Waterline ALWAYS_ONLINE = new Waterline(null,  State.follower, 0, 0, true);

    private final Member member;
    private final State state;
    private final long timestamp;
    private final long version;
    private final boolean atQuorum;

    public Waterline(Member member, State state, long timestamp, long version, boolean atQuorum) {
        this.member = member;
        this.state = state;
        this.timestamp = timestamp;
        this.version = version;
        this.atQuorum = atQuorum;
    }

    public Member getMember() {
        return member;
    }

    public State getState() {
        return state;
    }

    public long getTimestamp() {
        return timestamp;
    }

    public long getVersion() {
        return version;
    }

    public boolean isAtQuorum() {
        return atQuorum;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Stop that");
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Stop that");
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Waterline{" +
            "member=" + member +
            ", state=" + state +
            ", timestamp=" + timestamp +
            ", version=" + version +
            ", atQuorum=" + atQuorum +
            '}';
    }

    public static boolean checkEquals(Waterline a, Waterline b) {
        if (a == b) {
            return true;
        }
        if (b == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (a.getTimestamp() != b.getTimestamp()) {
            return false;
        }
        // don't compare version since they're always unique
        if (a.isAtQuorum() != b.isAtQuorum()) {
            return false;
        }
        if (a.getMember() != null ? !a.getMember().equals(b.getMember()) : b.getMember() != null) {
            return false;
        }
        return !(a.getState() != null ? !a.getState().equals(b.getState()) : b.getState() != null);
    }

    public static int compare(Waterline a, Waterline b) {
        int c = -Long.compare(a.getTimestamp(), b.getTimestamp());
        if (c != 0) {
            return c;
        }
        c = -Long.compare(a.getVersion(), b.getVersion());
        if (c != 0) {
            return c;
        }
        c = -Boolean.compare(a.isAtQuorum(), b.isAtQuorum());
        if (c != 0) {
            return c;
        }
        c = a.getState().compareTo(b.getState());
        if (c != 0) {
            return c;
        }
        return a.getMember().compareTo(b.getMember());
    }

}

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1 Feb 2006 | 19:38 GMT
Sudoku Science
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Number Fad: A reader examines a Sudoko puzzle in The Independent, London, last May.
Millions of people around the world are tackling one of the hardest problems in computer science—without even knowing it. The logic game Sudoku is a miniature version of a longstanding mathematical challenge, and it entices both puzzlers, who see it as an enjoyable plaything, and researchers, who see it as a laboratory for algorithm design.
Sudoku has become a worldwide puzzle craze within the past year. Previously known primarily in Japan, it now graces newspapers, Web sites, and best-selling books in dozens of countries. A puzzle consists of a 9-by-9 grid made up of nine 3-by-3 subgrids. Digits appear in some squares, and based on these starting clues, a player completes the grid so that each row, column, and subgrid contains the digits 1 through 9 exactly once. An easy puzzle requires only simple logical techniques—if a subgrid needs an 8, say, and two of the columns running through it already hold an 8, then the subgrid's 8 must go in the remaining column. A hard puzzle requires more complex pattern recognition skills; for instance, if a player computes all possible digits for each cell in a subgrid and notices that two cells have exactly the same two choices, those two digits can be eliminated from all other cells in the subgrid. No matter the difficulty level, however, a dedicated puzzler can eventually crack a 9-by-9 Sudoku game.
A computer solves a 9-by-9 Sudoku within a second by using logical tricks that are similar to the ones humans use, but finishes much faster. On a large scale, however, such shortcuts are not powerful enough, and checking the explosive number of combinations becomes impossible, even for the world's fastest computers. And no one knows of an algorithm that's guaranteed to find a solution without trying out a huge number of combinations. This places Sudoku in an infamously difficult class, called NP-complete, that includes problems of great practical importance, such as scheduling, network routing, and gene sequencing.
Sudoku has stirred up tremendous interest in mathematics generally, especially among youngsters. "I mean, it's cool to play Sudoko"
"The question of whether there exists an efficient algorithm for solving these problems is now on just about anyone's list of the Top 10 unsolved problems in science and mathematics in the world," says Richard Korf, a computer scientist at the University of California at Los Angeles. The challenge is known as P = NP, where, roughly speaking, P stands for tasks that can be solved efficiently, and NP stands for tasks whose solution can be verified efficiently. (For example, it is easy to verify whether a complete Sudoku is correctly filled in, even though the puzzle may take quite a lot of time to solve.)
As a member of the NP-complete subset, Sudoku is an ideal tool for investigating the whole class of NP problems: an efficient algorithm for any NP-complete problem—the toughest of NP problems—automatically provides an efficient algorithm for solving all. Although most experts believe that no such algorithm exists, they continually search for improved algorithms that provide shorter, if not the very shortest, paths to solutions.
Sudoku has already led some researchers to concrete advances in algorithm design. At the Intelligent Information Systems Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., director Carla Gomes experiments with Latin Squares, a version of Sudoku without subgrids. Gomes realized that a computer can take either seconds or eons to solve the very same puzzle—and that this drastic difference depends on something as simple as the order in which the computer considers cells in the grid. Solving a particular grid might not be inherently time-consuming, Gomes saw, but might just call for a slightly different approach.
Now many state-of-the-art hardware verification programs incorporate Gomes's findings. "The idea is, basically, you run your program, and if it's taking too long you restart it" with a new ordering, Gomes says, "because your computer may end up getting into an unlucky run, and hopefully the next run will be a lucky one." Gomes hopes to further improve algorithms by studying how people combine various rules and patterns when they play Sudoku.
Sudoku follows in a long tradition of artificial intelligence research on games, most notably chess. But some of AI's most important advances stem from more modest games. The route-finding algorithm that powers car navigation systems, for instance, was first demonstrated on the Sliding Tile puzzle, a child's toy in which a player tries to move 15 tiles around a grid so that their surfaces form a picture. The same algorithm helps video game characters steer through virtual worlds. "This is an algorithm developed back in 1968 in abstract kinds of things," says UCLA's Korf, who himself has explored algorithms for the Rubik's Cube. "It's used all the time."
Could the Sudoku craze end up leading to breakthroughs in computer science? Perhaps, one way or another. "I'll tell you one of the things that is important for engineering," says Michael Mepham, a puzzlemaker in Great Britain whose Sudokus appear in The Daily Telegraph and The Los Angeles Times. "And that is the interest that Sudoku has stirred up in math generally, especially amongst youngsters. I mean, it's cool to play Sudoku."
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Kavita Singh
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Arts & Aesthetics
Room No
004, SAA - I Building
Off. Phone
ksingh@mail.jnu.ac.in kavising@gmail.com
http://sites.google.com/site/kavitasinghjnu/
PhD, History of Art. Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1996
MFA, History of Art, M S University of Baroda, 1987
BA (Hons), English Literature, Lady ShriRam College, University of Delhi. 1985
Areas of Interest/Specialization
History of museums in colonial and post-colonial India; the global art museum; repatriation; religious objects and secularization of art; religious revivalism and its cultural forms; heritage discourse; historiography of art history; history of Indian courtly painting; Mughal-Rajput artistic interactions; painterly style as vehicle of meaning.
Dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, 2017-19
Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, 2009 -
Associate Professor at School of Arts and Aesthetics, 2001-09.
Research Editor, Marg Publications, Mumbai, 2000-01
Guest Curator, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, 1998-2000
Professional Museum Intern at the Asia Society, New York, 1997-98
Visiting Faculty at National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, teaching Art Appreciation, 1991-97
Guest Faculty at Delhi College of Art, 1989-91
Awarded Infosys Prize for the Humanities, Infosys Science Foundation, 2018
Awarded Clark-Oakley Fellowship, Williams College and Clark Art Institute, 2015-16
Head, Partnergroup of School of Arts and Aesthetics and Max Planck Institute-KHI Florenz 2009-12
Awarded Fellowship, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, USA, 2009
Awarded Summer Residency, Kunsthistoriches Institut in Florence, Italy, 2006
Awarded a Major Collaborative Project Grant from the Getty Foundation, to work with Saloni Mathur of UCLA on 'Museology and the Colony' for an empirical and conceptual mapping of museums in the social landscape of South Asia today. 2005 - 2009
Awarded Museum Professional Internship in Asian art at the Asia Society Galleries, New York. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and open to museum professionals from Asia, for on-the-job training in an American museum. 1997-98
UK Visiting Fellowship from the Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum (NTICVA), London, for three months' research in the V&A Museum.1996
Awarded travel grant by ICCR to attend the 14th Conference of the European Association for South Asian Studies, Copenhagen, from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.1996
Awarded Small Studies (Sterling) grant from NTICVA, London, to order photographic and other research materials from England.1993
Awarded Small Studies (India) grant from the NTICVA, London, for fieldwork in India1993
Awarded University Grants Commission Research Fellowship at the Department of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh1989-94
International Collaboration/Consultancy
Member of the India-Europe Advanced Research Network group on the History of Museums established by the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Studies), Berlin, 2012 -
Member of Advisory Council, Research and Academic Programmes, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Mass., USA.
Member, Advisory Board, Archives of Asian Art, International peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Hawaii and Asia Society, 2012 -
Advisor to South Asia Initiative, Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2011
Head of Parntergroup between School of Arts and Aesthetics and Max Planck Institut - Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, to run a five year project titled "The Temple and the Museum: Cross Cultural Sites of Art". 2009-14
Member, Advisory Board, de Arte, Visual Arts Journal of the University of South Africa Press, 2008-13
Member, Transcultural Visuality Learning Group at the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context", University of Heidelberg, 2010-12
International Advisory Committee of Clark Art Institute Research and Academic Programmes
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
Real Birds in Imagined Gardens: Mughal Painting between Asia and Europe. Getty Research Institute, 2017.
"Ghosts of Future Nations: The Uses of the Holocaust Museum Pradigm in India." in Ruth B Phillips and Annie E Coombes (ed.) Museum Transformations. Blackwell, Oxford, 2015
"The Temple's Eternal Return: Swaminarayan Akshardham complex in Delhi," Artibus Asiae, Vol. 70. no. 1, June 2010.
"Repatriation without Patria: Repatriating for Tibet" Journal of Material Culture 15(2), June 2010
"The Universal Museum: View from Below," in Lyndel V. Prott (ed.) Witnesses to history : a compendium of documents and writings on the return of cultural objects, UNESCO, Paris, 2009
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
Scent Upon A Southern Breeze. The Synaesthetic Arts of the Deccan. (edited volume) Marg Publications, Mumbai, 2018.
Museum Storage and Meaning: Tales from the Crypt (co-edited volume). Routledge UK, 2017.
Museums, Heritage, Culture: Into the Conflict Zone. Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam University of the Arts, 2015.
Singh, Kavita, "A Knowing Look: Appropriation and Subversion of the Mughal Idiom in Rajput Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," in Manuela di Giorgi, Annette Hoffman and Nicola Suthor (eds), Synergies in Visual Culture, Wilhelm Fink , Munich, 2013.


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Judge finds that Sikh priest, 76, assaulted niece numerous times
NELSON – By the time she turned the final page of the judge's ruling, Karamjeet Kour Singh couldn't make out the words for the tears streaming down her face.
BY THE VANCOUVER PROVINCE OCTOBER 10, 2007
Not only was the Nelson woman's evidence of a childhood torn asunder by a brutal, sexually abusive uncle believable, the judge went so far as to applaud her for sharing a private tragedy in a public courtroom so that others who suffered similar emotionally crippling incidents as kids would be emboldened to speak up.
It was soothing medicine for a woman who has been plagued by depression, anxiety, nightmares and troubled relationships for the past 40 years.
"To have the judge believe me, to have someone say he was wrong to do what he did is worth a trillion dollars," said the mother of two, who goes by Vicki Waters.
"Thanksgiving was the best I've had."
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Nancy Morrison found Joginder Singh Bains, 76-year-old retired farmer and an esteemed priest in the extensive Sikh community in the Fraser Valley, had repeatedly assaulted Waters, including oral and anal sex, on his dairy farm from the time she was nine until she graduated in 1975.
She accepted Waters' testimony that the farmer was a bully and a tyrant who frequently slapped and pushed the kids.
She said Bain's wife, Darshan, was also liable because she dismissed her little niece's pleas to intervene to stop the abuse.
"She had knowledge of the sexual assaults, and the continuing danger to the plaintiff, [and] did nothing . . ."
Morrison rejected the testimony of the Bains and their two sons, who flatly denied all Waters' allegations, including the fact she and her brother lived and worked on the Chilliwack estate after their mother was killed in a car crash in 1966.
"There is no question that the trial judge must scrutinize and weigh evidence with the greatest of care when allegations are as serious as they are in this particular case," she wrote.
"The evidence as a whole leads to no other conclusion: The plaintiff is telling the truth and must be believed."
Lawyers for both sides will now begin the task of tallying up the damages for Waters' pain and suffering, and lost wages, as well as counselling and recovery costs.
One of the most on-target B.C. court awards for extensive physical and sexual abuse was handed down in 1996. The plaintiff was awarded $300,000 for general damages, which was subsequently lowered to $250,000 by the Court of Appeal.
But that was more than 10 years ago, Nelson lawyer Fred Easton noted. The amount of damages is likely to go upward. Factor in wage loss and other compensations over the years and the suit could top $500,000.
Bains, one of seven children, arrived from India in 1961 with a religious degree in the Punjabi language, which earned him the respected East Indian title of giani. He worked two successful dairy farms and bought multiple properties over the years.
Waters said once she launched the public lawsuit her prominent relatives disowned her and made her an outcast.
But Morrison praised her courage.
"It is clear she not only wants to obtain justice in her own case but also to serve as an example to others who may not be as willing to go through the trauma and uncertainty," Morrison wrote.
"She also seeks an end to the anxiety, shame and humiliation that she has experienced and believes it is important for her own healing to be able to speak freely. It is important for her to speak out for the benefit of others who may be experiencing the same trauma."
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        {
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// Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Zipline Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// http://getmoai.com

#include <moaiext-untz/MOAIUntzSampleBuffer.h>

//extern "C" {
//	extern void __cdecl lua_pushnumber (lua_State *L, lua_Number n);
//}

//================================================================//
// local
//================================================================//

//----------------------------------------------------------------//
/**	@name	load
	@text	Loads a sound from disk.

	@in		MOAIUntzSampleBuffer self
	@in		string filename
	@out	nil
*/
int MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::_load ( lua_State* L ) {
	MOAI_LUA_SETUP ( MOAIUntzSampleBuffer, "US" )

	cc8* filename = state.GetValue < cc8* >( 2, "" );

	if(!UNTZ::Sound::decode(filename, self->mInfo, (float**)&self->mBuffer))
		printf ( "error creating sample buffer\n" );

	return 0;
}
/**	@name	getInfo
 @text	Returns attributes of sample buffer.

 @in		MOAIUntzSampleBuffer self
 @out		number bits per sample
 @out		number num of channels (mono=1, stereo=2)
 @out		number num of total frames contained
 @out		number sample rate (44100, 22050, etc )
 @out		number seconds of sound length
 */
int MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::_getInfo( lua_State* L ) {
	MOAI_LUA_SETUP ( MOAIUntzSampleBuffer, "U" );

	lua_pushnumber(L, self->mInfo.mBitsPerSample);
	lua_pushnumber(L, self->mInfo.mChannels);
	lua_pushnumber(L, self->mInfo.mTotalFrames);
	lua_pushnumber(L, self->mInfo.mSampleRate);
	lua_pushnumber(L, self->mInfo.mLength);
	return 5;
}

/**	@name	getData
 @text	Retrieve every sample data in buffer

 @in		MOAIUntzSampleBuffer self
 @out		table array of sample data number ( -1 ~ 1 as sample level)
 */
int MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::_getData( lua_State* L ) {
	MOAI_LUA_SETUP( MOAIUntzSampleBuffer, "U" );
	u32 arynum = self->mInfo.mTotalFrames * self->mInfo.mChannels;
	lua_createtable(L, arynum, 0);
	for(u32 i=0;i<arynum;i++ ) {
		lua_pushnumber(L, self->mBuffer[i]);
		lua_rawseti(L, -2, i+1);
	}
	return 1;
}
/**	@name	setData
 @text	Write sample data into buffer

 @in		MOAIUntzSampleBuffer self
 @in		table array of sample data number ( -1 ~ 1 as sample level )
 @in		number index of sample buffer start copying from (1 for the first sample)
 @out		nil
 */

int MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::_setData( lua_State* L ) {
	MOAI_LUA_SETUP( MOAIUntzSampleBuffer, "UTN" );
	u32 startDataIndex = state.GetValue<u32>(3,1);
	int itr = state.PushTableItr(2);
	int idx = 0;
	u32 total = 0;
	int maxindex = self->mInfo.mChannels * self->mInfo.mTotalFrames;

	idx = startDataIndex - 1;

	for(; state.TableItrNext(itr) && idx< maxindex; ++idx ) {
		float val = state.GetValue<float>(-1,0);
		self->mBuffer[idx] = val;
//		fprintf(stderr, "value %d: %f\n", idx, val );
	}
	return 0;
}
/** name setRawData
 @text Write raw sample data (array of 16bit short value) into buffer
 @in		MOAIUntzSampleBuffer self
 @in		string raw binary data that contains array of network byte ordered 16bit short value
 @in		number of bytes to read
 @in		number index of sample buffer start copying from (1 for the first sample)
 @out nil
 */
int MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::_setRawData( lua_State* L ) {
	MOAI_LUA_SETUP( MOAIUntzSampleBuffer, "USNN" );

	cc8* s = state.GetValue < cc8* >( 2, "" );
	short *buf = (short*) s;
	u32 l = state.GetValue<u32>(3, 0);
	u32 elemnum = l / 2;
	int maxindex = self->mInfo.mChannels * self->mInfo.mTotalFrames;
	u32 startDataIndex = state.GetValue<u32>(3,1);

	for(int idx=0; (idx+(int)startDataIndex) < maxindex && idx < (int)elemnum; ++idx ) {
		float val = buf[idx] / 32767.0f;
		self->mBuffer[idx] = val;
	}
	return 0;
}
/**	@name	preparBuffer
 @text	Allocate internal memory for sample buffer

 @in		MOAIUntzSampleBuffer self
 @in		number num of channels (mono=1, stereo=2)
 @in		number num of total frames of sample
 @in		number sample rate in Hz (44100 or else)
 @out		nil
 */
int MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::_prepareBuffer( lua_State* L ) {
	MOAI_LUA_SETUP(MOAIUntzSampleBuffer, "UNNN" );

	u32 bitsPerSample = 32;
	u32 channels = state.GetValue<u32>(2,1);
	u32 totalFrames = state.GetValue<u32>(3,0);
	u32 sampleRate = state.GetValue<u32>(4,44100);
	double length = (double) totalFrames / sampleRate;
	size_t memSize = totalFrames * channels * 4;

	// Allocate space and copy the buffer
	self->mBuffer = (float*)new char[memSize];
	memset( self->mBuffer, 0, memSize );

	self->mInfo.mBitsPerSample = bitsPerSample;
	self->mInfo.mChannels = channels;
	self->mInfo.mTotalFrames = totalFrames;
	self->mInfo.mSampleRate = sampleRate;
	self->mInfo.mLength = length;

	return 0;
}

//================================================================//
// MOAIUntzSampleBuffer
//================================================================//

//----------------------------------------------------------------//
MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::MOAIUntzSampleBuffer () : mBuffer(0) {

	RTTI_SINGLE ( MOAINode )
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------//
MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::~MOAIUntzSampleBuffer () {
	if(mBuffer)
		delete [] mBuffer;
}
//----------------------------------------------------------------//
void MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::RegisterLuaClass ( MOAILuaState& state ) {
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------//
void MOAIUntzSampleBuffer::RegisterLuaFuncs ( MOAILuaState& state ) {

	luaL_Reg regTable [] = {
		{ "load",				_load },
		{ "getInfo",  _getInfo },
		{ "getData",  _getData },
		{ "setData",  _setData },
		{ "setRawData", _setRawData },
		{ "prepareBuffer", _prepareBuffer },
		{ NULL, NULL }
	};

	luaL_register ( state, 0, regTable );
}


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Reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers Passing Yards Bet
Tristan W
Aaron Rodgers is coming off arguably his most efficient season in his second year under Matt Lafleur's offense. Rodgers set new career highs in touchdowns (48) and completion percentage (70.7%) in his 13th season as the Packers quarterback. His favorite target, Davante Adams, is in a contract year which should send shivers down the spines of all cornerbacks who line up across from him. The Packers traded for his long-lost friend (and now roommate) Randall Cobb, whose talent is questionable at this point in his career but the chemistry he shares with his favorite QB will only help Green Bay's offense. Packers fans can "R-E-L-A-X" knowing that their franchise player is back for at least one more season. My meticulous research and hard-hitting analysis would be no good if I didn't mention that Rodgers is coming into the season after vacationing in Hawaii and getting engaged to a famous actress. So who in the world would ever take an under on an Aaron Rodgers bet?
This article will discuss whether Aaron Rodgers goes over or under his 4550.5 Passing Yards prop on Draftkings Sportsbook.
Most people will look at the introduction and automatically assume the over is a good play but it's important to explore both sides of the bet. Last year, Rodgers threw for 4,299 yards over 16 weeks which is just a shade under 269 yards per game. It's been well-documented that the NFL schedule is expanding to a 18-week regular season, with each team playing 17 games and one bye week. Hypothetically, Rodgers would've had 4,568 passing yards if you gave him an extra week at his average 2020 numbers which would put him slightly over his prop. "So we're taking the over, right?" Not so fast!
Extreme efficiency is usually followed by regression and Rodgers is no exception. Not to mention last season was an outlier for NFL offenses as a whole, combining for an NFL record 12,692 points. The previous record was 11,985 points set in 2013, so the 2020 season outscored the next closest by over 700 points. This is undoubtedly due to the Covid-19 pandemic that forced teams to play in empty stadiums for the majority of the season. Road teams who usually deal with deafening noise (and sometimes biased referees) were able to communicate without issue meaning home-field advantage was almost meaningless. At this time all 32 teams have been approved for full capacity, restoring home-field advantage and destroying the level playing field that occurred last year.
You can find the Packers around -165 at most sportsbooks to win the NFC North with their win total set at roughly 10.5. The most likely team to compete for the division with Green Bay is the Minnesota Vikings who are around +250 with their win total set at roughly 9. This is important because if the Packers are locked into their playoff position, Rodgers certainly won't be playing the final week. Of course they might be competing with other NFC teams for a first round bye and / or home field advantage so take this information with a grain of salt.
Another factor that may be going under the radar is the temporary loss of David Bakhtiari who's an outstanding all-around lineman especially in pass-protection. Green Bay's premier left tackle will return at some point this season, but the timeline is up in the air. Bakhtiari has been extremely hesitant to set a return date or have any expectations whatsoever but local beat writers project him to come back some time in October. Elgton Jenkins is normally the Packers left guard but he will be playing left tackle in Bakhtiari's absence. Jenkins is a fantastic young player who is praised for his versatility but simply put, he's a downgrade.
My money is on Aaron Rodgers to go under 4,550.5 passing yards for the season. He will still be the efficient QB he always has been but the numbers last year suggest that regression is coming for him personally and NFL offenses overall. I expect Rodgers finishes in the 4,350 to 4,450 yard-range and Im comfortable taking the under down to 4,500 yards.


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Talking at the Disruptive Asia event alongside Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Posted on June 9, 2017 by Dallas Rogers	Posted in Global Real Estate
I'm talking about The Global Real Estate Project at the Sydney DISRUPTIVE ASIA EVENT at the end of the month.
We have an essay on global real estate in The Asia Society's new DISRUPTIVE ASIA publication, which will be launched on the night.
Time: 5:30 pm -7:45pm
Venue: Telstra Customer Insight Centre, Level 2, 400 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
Register here >>
Join a stellar line-up of Disruptive Asia authors to discuss how Asia's rise is transforming Australia.
Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Dr Dallas Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
David Brewster, Senior Research Fellow, National Security College, Australian National University
Professor Bruce McKern, UTS Business School
Professor Wanning Sun, University of Technology Sydney
Martijn Blanken, Group Managing Director and Chief Customer Officer, Telstra
Andrew Parker, Partner and Asia Practice Leader at PwC; Asia Society Advisory Council member
Dai Le, Founder, DAWN
Greg Earl, Editor and Writer
Philipp Ivanov, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Society Australia
David Epstein, Non Executive Director; Board member, Asia Society Australia and advisor to 3 Australian Prime Ministers
Professor Anushka Patel, Chief Scientist, George Institute for Global Health
Dick Woolcott, Former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ambassador and Founding Director of Asia Society Australia
Dermot O'Gorman, Chief Executive Officer, WWF-Australia
John Endicott, AECOM Fellow
Join the conversation on @AsiaSocietyAus: #DisruptiveAsia
Back to my hometown to talk about urban change in Penrith
Our talk about gentrification and food at The Art Gallery of NSW is sold out!


CM11 with heyu - Transmit ok, but receives nothing?
I recently dusted off my old CM11 (Actually a CM12AU - Australia), and installed a recent version of heyu on my FreeBSD server to talk to it.
Sending commands out works fine, ie. I can do a "heyu on a1" - the module turns on and heyu logs the event.
The docs imply that using "heyu monitor" I should be able to see incoming events sent by other controllers in the house, but this doesn't work for me. Sending an A1 on command from elsewhere (Bedside alarm clock thingy), the module still clicks on, but heyu sees nothing happening.
Can anyone suggest what would be the common causes of this one-way only behavior?
Has the CM11 always been able to see incoming events or was it added at some point? Mine is quite a few years old.
Re: CM11 with heyu - Transmit ok, but receives nothing?
I'm really a heyu novice too, but my very old CM11A has been able to detect PLC activity and send them back to the PC. So, yeah, heyu sees them on my PC.


These herbed goat cheese stuffed mushrooms are piled high with savory whipped goat cheese, spiked with fresh herbs, and drizzled with a sweet + savory balsamic reduction to make them over-the-top delicious.
We're huge fans of stuffed mushrooms around here! With 5 different recipes on this site and counting, I almost consider them their own food group at this point. I'd say this is the last one for a while but we all know I'll never quit stuffing my veggies.
At a recent trip to South Market, I faceplanted into the most glorious herbed goat cheese stuffed mushrooms. I couldn't stop eating them!
Each mushroom was piled high with savory whipped goat cheese, spiked with fresh herbs, and drizzled with a sweet an savory balsamic reduction that rendered them over-the-top delicious.
Recreating them at home was a total no-brainer! I added an optional dusting of toasted panko on top and served this snazzy app on a bed of arugula because, veggies. I could wax poetic on them all day but it's way better for both of us if I send y'all into the kitchen with the recipe!
Let's jazz up our appetizer game!
As written, this recipe yields about 28-30 mushrooms but it's so incredibly easy to make more or less to cater to the occasion. Make a small plate as a romantic appetizer for two (date-night I'm looking at you!) or make a metric ton for your next party or potluck.
But let's be honest here, you can totally make a tray of these by your lonesome and pop 'em in your face while re-watching Stranger Things for the third time. Not that I know from experience or anything.
Bonus point's if you're wearing sweatpants.
Let's jazz up our appetizer game! These herbed goat cheese stuffed mushrooms are piled high with savory whipped goat cheese, spiked with fresh herbs, and drizzled with a sweet + savory balsamic reduction to make them over-the-top delicious.
First up, do you have a hand mixer? FAB! Use it to whip your goat cheese into fluffy amazingness.
You could also use a small food processor to do the trick or let the goat cheese get ultra soft at room temperature, add a little drizzle of honey, and mix it up with some elbow grease and a fork. Game on.
Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel + remove stems.
If using panko, lightly toast it by bringing a skillet to medium high heat with a drizzle of oil. Add panko and toast until golden, stirring frequently for about 1-2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.
Combine goat cheese, whipped cream cheese, green onion, parsley, and mix well. A drizzle of honey would also be delicious here!
Spoon a dollop into each mushroom. You can also add the filling to a piping bag or plastic bag with the edge cut off and pipe the filling into the shrooms <-- this method is super speedy if you're making a bunch!
Arrange on a baking sheet lined with foil and bake at 350 degrees F for approx. 15-20 minutes, or until filling is warm and mushrooms are tender.
Top with panko (optional) and garnish the tray with some extra parsley for a burst of color. Drizzle with balsamic glaze and you're good to go!
Dig in and devour while they're hot!
No cream cheese? No problem! These can be made exclusively with whipped goat cheese.
Garnish with extra parsley and some peppery arugula for plating. These would also be AMAZING on an arugula or spinach salad with ripe tomatoes and a simple vinaigrette.
Nutrition facts below are an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. Adjust as needed and see post below for special diets and swaps.
Gluten-Free: The breadcrumbs are totally optional, skip 'em!
Goat cheese scarfing Paleo Peeps: nix the breadcrumbs and cream cheese.
T-Rex Chefs: I'll allow crispy bacon on these. You totally have my permission. Just save me a few, mmk?
So speaking of scarfing these parked in front of good ole Netflix, what are y'all watching right now?
I finished up Black Mirror (LOVE) and am about to dive into the finale of Mr. Robot (another win!) and literally have zero clue what I'm going to do with myself after this. The BFF insists I need my eyeballs on some Game of Thrones action but I'm hesitant to start something that could literally rob me of all the sleeps. What if I get addicted?! There are like eleventy billion episodes!
Mad for Mushrooms? Try these next!
Stuffed Mushroom Casserole – NEW!
Saw this on montchevre's Instagram, looks amazing. Mouth is watering and love the no meat option!
I'm drooling over these mushrooms! This is definitely my kind of appetizer. I love adding goat cheese to my recipes!
YUM! What a brilliant flavor combination. And that drizzle of the balsamic reduction on top is divine!
I am always mesmerized by your images Jenn!! What a great glow and glistening you capture on these mushrooms. I want to reach into the screen to grab one!
Stuffed Mushrooms are the best and they get looked over way too often. Gorgeous pics too.
These look delicious. I've been looking for a recipe to make for a super bowl party and these are topping the list..


4 LED globes into the back of the speedo. How long could it take really?
Why VDO chose to run traces through the equivalent of cellophane I'll never know. Really? Much cheaper than a phenolic resin board and a few mounting screws... by how much? The cost of the mounting screws? Seriously?
4 globes swapped in and the unit and surrounding mouldings all back in place only to find the rev counter now isn't working. And because I'd taken out the cable at the gearbox end my first thoughts were I hadn't seated the cable in the drive correctly. Out with the cable again, and the drive gear this time only for it to all check out. So I put it all back in again having fitted a new o ring to the drive.
My eureka moments and nothing more than a little common sense, so it's no surprise when it dawns on me that the rev counter is not mechanical and therefore has nothing to do with the cable. So I continue to follow the crumbs laid down by common sense and determine that the cause of the failure is in the speedo unit, especially considering it was working before I removed it.
Oh dear... a link wire/soldering iron or silver paint (that stuff for repairing heated rear windows) should get you on your way again. Not sure it can cure your frustration though but I totally get it!
I should have mentioned earlier it's all working again. I did use a wire link but added 2 small copper eye terminals which I screwed through the trace and into the back of the speedo. I then soldered the wire to the terminals and then the terminals to the trace for good measure.
The seller very kindly included the relays and the additional harness required. I like that the elements themselves are edged taped and even the additional wiring is properly harnessed. The elements also can be trimmed to tailor the fit with additional edge tape supplied to complete the job properly.
Referring to the above problem is now solved. I ended up wiring the globe to the dimmer feeds. Now the switch lights up only when the lights are turned on. Switch off and the globe doesn't light just like the rest of the dash switches.
Started fitting the Regupol underlay in the rear sections of the floor. It moulds to the contours very well while remaining substantial... it's 10mm thick. Plan is to top it with a thinner layer of foam underlay before fitting the carpet. I'll post up some pics when I do the front section.
Anyway the task is not rocket science but some pics of what I used and how I went about things.
Just need to finish taping the foam around the edges in the passengers footwell (I ran out of cloth tape ) and layer either side of the tunnel to build up the carpet layer to finish flush with the sides of the center console.
Thin layer of foam over the top.
New carpet is now in place and I'm getting ready to send off the front seats for recovering.
Am a little disappointed in the number of hard creases the carpet arrived with from the manufacturer. I know in time these will fall out but as its the middle of winter here this will take some hot summer days and weight in the right places. Fit was good in the rear, not so good in the front but some strategic cuts and tucks and it looks ok now.
Pics up when the seats are done.
Also waiting on a time slot to have the exhaust finally tidied up... off with the rear rice bucket box to be replaced with a new muffler/twin tip arrangement.
Exhaust booking for Tuesday morning fingers crossed.
Exhaust booking for tomorrow confirmed. Spent the day tidying up the consoles, leather gaiters etc. Seat wiring is now finished. Just all the little bits that always seem to get overlooked. Freshened up the seat belt stalks as they were badly faded.
Next job in the interior is to convert the heater panel to LED's and think about filling that empty shelf below with some gauges. Would dearly love an oil temp gauge somehow so if someone knows how please let me know.


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Coinbase Valued at $8 Billion, Charles Schwab Board Member Joins Coinbase's Board
Shrikar Posted On October 3, 2018
Coinbase is being valued at $8 Billion as the company is in talks with Tiger Global for an investment up to $500 Million.
Chris Dodds, a board member of Charles Schwab joins Coinbase as a board member.
$8 Billion Valuation
The San-Francisco based Crypto giant is in talks with Tiger Global to raise up to $500 Million at an $8 Billion Valuation, reports Recode. Coinbase raised $100 Million with a valuation of $1.8 Billion last year following an explosive growth during the bull market and reportedly made over a Billion dollars in revenue.
The sources suggest that Coinbase will use the $250 Million to buy out its existing investors and add the rest $250 Million to its treasuries.
Some of the previous investors in Coinbase include Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, IVP, Draper Associates, Greylock Partners and several other.
Legitimizing the Crypto industry?
Former Hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz commented on Coinbase's valuation saying that this is proof that Cryptocurrencies are not 'Tulips' which is often the comparison made by some people who criticize Cryptocurrencies like Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
CNBC quotes Novogratz:
"Here's the poster child of the crypto space worth $8 billion — that's a real company, and Tiger's not a flake of an investor. These are smart, savvy guys,"
Bitmain, the Crypto mining giant is another company that is in the league of Unicorns which has filed for an IPO and is said to be valued at $15 Billion.
Newest Board Member
Chris Dodds, who is a senior private equity advisor and serves on the Board of directors of the Charles Schwab Corporation has joined the Coinbase board.
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase mentions in the blog:
"His addition to the Coinbase board is part of our effort to expand our financial services capabilities as we head into this next chapter for the company and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole."
Chris has a long track record in the financial industry and is a significant addition to the Coinbase team. The company has been aggressively expanding and hiring in the US this year. In Q3 alone they hired for positions like Chief Legal Office, VP of Engineering VP of Data and more.
Coinbase also recently launched a suite of products including 'Coinbase Bundle' to make it easier for retail investors to buy into multiple Cryptocurrencies.
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Estonia maintains one central intelligence and security agency, the Kaitsepolitseiamet (KPol), Security Police Board. The KPol administers intelligence gathering and information analysis, and reports its findings to the executive branch of the government. KPol governs several operational divisions, including Counterintelligence, the Security Police, the Anti-terrorism Bureau, Constitutional Protection Bureau, and Anti-Corruption Bureau. The KPol's main objective is the protection of national interests and national sovereignty. The agency seeks both domestic and foreign intelligence.
Estonia emerged as a modern, independent nation in 1920. During World War II, however, the nation was invaded by both Soviet and German forces. After the war, Estonia fell in the Soviet sphere of influence. Estonia lost its sovereignty, becoming part of the Soviet Union for four decades. In 1988, the Estonian parliament decreed the nation autonomous, but Soviet forces kept the nation from seceding for over a year. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain in 1989, Estonia began the process of regaining its status as an independent nation. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 allowed Estonia to finally reemerge as a democratic, independent nation.
The move to democracy in Estonia required extensive social, economic, and government reform. The new Estonian government sought to dissolve any remaining Soviet institutions, most especially those that were used as state-sponsored instruments of suppression, intended to quell nationalism. Estonia did not maintain its own intelligence community under Soviet rule, but had to distance its new, national intelligence agencies from the legacy of the KGB and Soviet secret police.
Corruption is a primary concern for the Estonia government. A legacy of Soviet occupation, government corruption was prevalent in the early 1990s. However, anticrime and corruption task forces, as well as intelligence surveillance of government officials, has greatly reduced the problem. Business corruption, as well as incursions into the national economy by the Russian mafia, are also targeted by KPol intelligence operations.
Today, Estonia is actively pursuing membership in several international organizations. Reforms have aided a rapid transformation of the Estonian economy. Diplomatically, Estonia gravitates toward Europe, but maintains ties with neighboring Russia.


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